Where to buy Cat Bypass Pipe - Primera

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Anyone know where I can get one of these for a 1997 2.0 Primera?

Had no luck searching the net or locally (Swindon).

Thank you.



Re: Where to buy Cat Bypass Pipe - Primera


You probably already know, but they are illegal for use on the road, and
probably wont add much power increase over the stock setup.

Andy



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Yeah, but they're good for bragging about.

--
Skipweasel.
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And the word was Aardvark.



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So just brag about it. Nobody's going to crawl underneath to check. This way
you save money too. And all your mates will say " Yeah, they're great aren't
they? Fancy another pint?"

Steve



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Sorry but I have to disagree. Removing a cat and replacing with a piece of
pipe on it's own is not illegal (ignoring insurance and other reasons).  Not
meeting emmisions laws however is.

Matthew




Re: Where to buy Cat Bypass Pipe - Primera


Errr, but it is impossible to meet these emission levels without a
CAT...........
So correction accepted, but the information is still correct.
And you cannot ignore the insurance, because they would not insure the car
with this modification, it's as simple as that, so he could not drive the
car legally.



Re: Where to buy Cat Bypass Pipe - Primera


Isn't it true that 91 XJS's found an extra 25bhp when the cats were removed?
I think many Vauxhall / Opel "big six" owners do this with their pre-92 cars
too.

Perhaps something to do with cats being bolted on by manufacturers in the
early days of the system, and the fuelling systems not really being mature
or optimised enough?

I think most of the guys now doing this cat-bypass thingy employ a quick
release system (or at least brass nuts / copper grease) to swap back to cat
just before the MoT.

--
Ken Davidson
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No idea for that specific car off the shelf, but I've used longlife exhausts
(about 5 or 6 places around the UK) to fabircate me a stainless single
silencer pipe and they did an excellent job.  It was £400 for whole lot from
the engine to the tail piece.

If you could get an old one from the scrap yard it wouldn't be too difficult
to weld in a straight piece of pipe between the connection header thingies
for peanuts although they may want to charge an arm and a leg for a cat pipe
knowing how much they cost new!

Matthew




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How are you going to get it through the next MOT?

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